The Princess of the Whole World
A Story, written by a 5-year-old
Once upon a time
there was a princess,
the princess loved sweet flowers
but they all blew away.
She found some wings and flew,
and she was happy.
She flew and flew and flew.
She flew around the world.
The princess stopped flying
and then she was sad.
And then she found some more flowers.
And a bunch more flew back.
And she said “yay!”
And she sniffed and sniffed and sniffed them!
Then a big bird came
and she hopped on it
and they flew forever.
[Mila’s alternate ending]
She flew into the sky
she was sad
because she didn’t know how to fly
she fell and died.
My 5-year-old sister wrote this story and picked the title, and the picture. After reading it over, she asked me to change the ending. I love that she finds happiness in simple things like sniffing flowers. I love her expression of feelings! I love her wild imagination! I love her grasp on reality in her alternate ending and the fact she can see the good and bad side of flying. I’m fascinated by her thoughts on death — she first learned about death at two years old when my dad died. She still talks about him to this day. I’m intrigued about what she will come up with next!
Check out these stories written by my 5-year-old sister.
